Mike Noin

I am just wondering if anyone has any tips for flying a larger bird than 40 size planes. I have just started flying a Unionville 8' Beaver and I am finding it to be a little more demanding than my 40 planes, some of which include a Cap. Any pointers for that become more important the bigger you go would be very helpful.

Thanks

pittsdriver

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RUDDER RUDDER RUDDER! Learn how to fly co-ordinated at all times. On a big high wing model like the Beaver you almost have to lead with the rudder into a turn before adding ailerons. Don

p51flier

There is a difference between a large sport or aerobatic plane and a large scale plane. The sports and aerobatic planes normally have special foils which work at the low Reynolds numbers r/c models are operated with. The foils of real scale models are just downscaled from the original plane. These planes are rather tricky to fly. Most foils of the manned planes dont work well with a small r/c model. Hence most of the warbird models dont have the original foil.

Generally a larger model flies "better" than a small one because of that Reynolds and foil story.

And...pittsdriver is right. The rudder becomes more and more important the bigger a model gets. At the end of the line of big planes are manned planes. I fly glider planes and I must confess that the rudder is very important on that manned gliders. It is quite impossible to fly a turn only with ailerons and elevator.

Joe

Mike Noin

When you use rudder how do you know if you are using enough? Should the plane start to bank from rudder input alone? Should I use rudder only for turning if the plane will bank with it? The controls on this Beaver get real mushy at landing speed, is there any way to change this or do I just learn to live with it?